Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Marriage in the Shadows is modeled Read More »
Tag Archives: Kurt Maetzig
The Rabbit Is Me AKA Das Kaninchen bin ich (1965) Kurt Maetzig, Angelika Waller, Alfred Müller, Ilse Voigt
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. Read More »
Das Lied der Matrosen / The Sailor’s Song (1958) Kurt Maetzig, Günter Reisch, Günther Simon, Raimund Schelcher, Ulrich Thein, War
The Russian Revolution is finally triumphant in the Fall of 1917. As soldiers, the engineer Henne Lobke and the stoker Jens Kasten show solidarity with the Russians, eventually disarming their officers to stop the sinking of a Russian cargo ship.
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Die Buntkarierten / The Girls in Gingham (1949) Kurt Maetzig, Camilla Spira, Werner Hinz, Liselotte Lieck, Drama
The increase in industrialisation in the Germany of the early 20th century made the difference in poor and rich much more apparent.
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